Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€95.0m at 1.27× his valuation: Hugo Ekitiké to Liverpool, 3rd on the Premier League's 2025/26 list
Frankfurt to Liverpool for €95.0m. What the price says against the 148 other disclosed fees the Premier League paid that season.
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Liverpool paid Frankfurt €95.0m for Hugo Ekitiké, a forward who was 23 at the time of the move.
The fee
€95.0m
3rd largest of 148 disclosed fees into the Premier League, 2025/26
Against the market's number
1.27×
His market value at the time of the move was €75.0m.
Contract signed
6 years
The length of the commitment, not the outcome of it.
The deal carries up to €11.7m in add-ons, taking the potential total to €92.2m. Add-ons are conditions, not payments — they are only owed if the conditions are met.
Frankfurt retained a 20% sell-on clause, so it keeps an interest in whatever Liverpool eventually recoups.
What that buys is a separate question from what it cost. This is the price and the shape of the deal, read against every other fee the Premier League disclosed in 2025/26 — not a forecast of how the signing turns out.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
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